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Now I have all 4 wisdom teeth, 2 about fully grown and 2 still on their way.

Both my upper wisdom teeth are in good position, perfectly aligned with other teeth, except it's chewing surface has deeper pits for unintentional food storage.

Those wisdom teeth never caused any pain, or interfered with other teeth's roots.

Does anybody know if it's okay to keep them around as long as they don't decay?

I never had problem with other teeth growing out of place either, so I think I have a good shaped jaw or something. The only disadvantage of having well grown wisdom teeth is, I take too much time playing around it with my tongue...

If I get them removed all my wisdom will be gone.. Just like how Samson loses his power without his hair.. (Dude What the HECK does he store in his hair!!!)

It's really a personal issue, depending on whether you've got enough space on your gums.
I also managed to survive all four of them but one was pretty painful cause it caused an infection when it came out (nothing the dentist couldn't fix in less than a minute)
Just make sure you clean them well, it's hard to get there.

it depends if it has grown perfectly as you say, you should be okay. however, it is very hard to brush your wisdom teeth and the chance of having food deposit back there is high, especially if you're manually brushing it i.e. not using a sonicare, etc.

your dentist should know how its really growing with xrays and would recommend something. that opinion is the most important.

And as long as you're not going to be a professional contact-sport player or enlist in the army, you're sweet. Just make sure you take care to clean them well, perhaps with a child-sized toothbrush or something.

All 4 of my wisdom teeth are fully grown in my mouth and they feel and look fine. It hurt while they came through though. It hurt on and off for a couple years actually. It just took time for my mouth to adjust to them or something. But I'm glad to have my wisdom teeth. I can grind my food more efficiently now.

The older you are, the more painful its going to be when you get them removed. Why? The roots are softer when you're young. My fiancee (A dental assistant) for example. 21, just had hers done 2 months ago. She said it was worse than child birth. Her co-worker, in her 30's had hers done beginning of the year. She was out of work for a while >_>

As for me, both uppers have been extracted easily w/o surgery(I liked the numbness state but when that wore off it was a b*tch) and one of my lowers is either mesially or horizontally impacted...I dont remember :'(